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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate litter |
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and mosquito control. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 240.910 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 240.910. REGULATION OF LITTER AND MOSQUITO CONTROL IN |
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CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county |
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located on an international border and adjacent to the Gulf of |
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Mexico. |
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(b) In this section: |
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(1) "Illegally dumped litter" means litter dumped |
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anywhere other than in an approved solid waste site, as defined by |
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Section 365.011, Health and Safety Code. |
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(2) "Litter" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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365.011, Health and Safety Code. |
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(c) In addition to the authority granted under Section |
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365.017, Health and Safety Code, the commissioners court of a |
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county may adopt and enforce orders to: |
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(1) control the disposal of litter and the removal of |
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illegally dumped litter from public or private property; and |
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(2) regulate the storage or abandonment of property, |
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including tires and appliances, on public or private property that |
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creates a nuisance or habitat conducive to mosquito breeding. |
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(d) An order adopted under this section: |
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(1) applies only to the unincorporated area of the |
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county; |
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(2) may require the record property owner to pay for |
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the cost of enforcing the order on the property owner's land if the |
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commissioners court gives the property owner 30 days' written |
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notice of the enforcement action; and |
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(3) may not regulate manufactured or industrialized |
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housing constructed to state or federal building standards in a |
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manner that is different from regulation of site-built housing. |
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(e) This section does not authorize the adoption of: |
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(1) zoning regulations not otherwise authorized under |
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Chapter 231; or |
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(2) building regulations not otherwise authorized |
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under Chapter 233. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2566 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 14, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2566 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |